diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/database_grant/mysql.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/database_grant/mysql.rb
index 8d0d53d..8651539 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/database_grant/mysql.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/database_grant/mysql.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:database_grant).provide(:mysql) do
   end
 
   def destroy
-    mysql "--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "-e", "REVOKE ALL ON '%s'.* FROM '%s@%s'" % [ @resource[:privileges], @resource[:database], @resource[:name], @resource[:host] ]
+    mysql "--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "mysql", "-e", "REVOKE ALL ON '%s'.* FROM '%s@%s'" % [ @resource[:privileges], @resource[:database], @resource[:name], @resource[:host] ]
   end
 
   def row_exists?
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:database_grant).provide(:mysql) do
     if name[:type] == :db
       fields << :db
     end
-    not mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", 'mysql', '-NBe', 'SELECT "1" FROM %s WHERE %s' % [ name[:type], fields.map do |f| "%s=\"%s\"" % [f, name[f]] end.join(' AND ')]).empty?
+    not mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "mysql", '-NBe', 'SELECT "1" FROM %s WHERE %s' % [ name[:type], fields.map do |f| "%s=\"%s\"" % [f, name[f]] end.join(' AND ')]).empty?
   end
 
   def all_privs_set?
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:database_grant).provide(:mysql) do
 
     case name[:type]
     when :user
-      privs = mysql "--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "-Be", 'select * from mysql.user where user="%s" and host="%s"' % [ name[:user], name[:host] ]
+      privs = mysql "--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "mysql", "-Be", 'select * from mysql.user where user="%s" and host="%s"' % [ name[:user], name[:host] ]
     when :db
-      privs = mysql "--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "-Be", 'select * from mysql.db where user="%s" and host="%s" and db="%s"' % [ name[:user], name[:host], name[:db] ]
+      privs = mysql "--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "mysql", "-Be", 'select * from mysql.db where user="%s" and host="%s" and db="%s"' % [ name[:user], name[:host], name[:db] ]
     end
 
     if privs.match(/^$/)
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/database_user/mysql.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/database_user/mysql.rb
index e210015..387cbba 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/database_user/mysql.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/database_user/mysql.rb
@@ -8,30 +8,30 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:database_user).provide(:mysql) do
   optional_commands :mysqladmin => 'mysqladmin'
 
   def self.instances
-    users = mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", '-BNe' "select concat(User, '@',Host) as User from mysql.user").split("\n")
+    users = mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "mysql", '-BNe' "select concat(User, '@',Host) as User from mysql.user").split("\n")
     users.select{ |user| user =~ /.+@/ }.collect do |name|
       new(:name => name)
     end
   end
 
   def create
-    mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "-e", "create user '%s' identified by PASSWORD '%s'" % [ @resource[:name].sub("@", "'@'"), @resource.value(:password_hash) ])
+    mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "mysql", "-e", "create user '%s' identified by PASSWORD '%s'" % [ @resource[:name].sub("@", "'@'"), @resource.value(:password_hash) ])
   end
 
   def destroy
-    mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "-e", "drop user '%s'" % @resource.value(:name).sub("@", "'@'") )
+    mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "mysql", "-e", "drop user '%s'" % @resource.value(:name).sub("@", "'@'") )
   end
 
   def password_hash
-    mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "-NBe", "select password from mysql.user where CONCAT(user, '@', host) = '%s'" % @resource.value(:name)).chomp
+    mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "mysql", "-NBe", "select password from mysql.user where CONCAT(user, '@', host) = '%s'" % @resource.value(:name)).chomp
   end
 
   def password_hash=(string)
-    mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "-e", "SET PASSWORD FOR '%s' = '%s'" % [ @resource[:name].sub("@", "'@'"), string ] )
+    mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "mysql", "-e", "SET PASSWORD FOR '%s' = '%s'" % [ @resource[:name].sub("@", "'@'"), string ] )
   end
 
   def exists?
-    not mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "-NBe", "select '1' from mysql.user where CONCAT(user, '@', host) = '%s'" % @resource.value(:name)).empty?
+    not mysql("--defaults-file=#{Facter.value(:root_home)}/.my.cnf", "mysql", "-NBe", "select '1' from mysql.user where CONCAT(user, '@', host) = '%s'" % @resource.value(:name)).empty?
   end
 
   def flush
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/database_grant/mysql_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/database_grant/mysql_spec.rb
index 96fe060..db82ded 100644
--- a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/database_grant/mysql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/database_grant/mysql_spec.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ EOT
   end
 
   it 'should query set priviliges' do
-    provider_class.expects(:mysql).with("--defaults-file=#{root_home}/.my.cnf", '-Be', 'select * from mysql.user where user="user" and host="host"').returns <<-EOT
+    provider_class.expects(:mysql).with("--defaults-file=#{root_home}/.my.cnf", 'mysql', '-Be', 'select * from mysql.user where user="user" and host="host"').returns <<-EOT
 Host	User	Password	Select_priv	Insert_priv	Update_priv
 host	user		Y	N	Y
 EOT
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ EOT
   end
 
   it 'should recognize when all priviliges are set' do
-    provider_class.expects(:mysql).with("--defaults-file=#{root_home}/.my.cnf", '-Be', 'select * from mysql.user where user="user" and host="host"').returns <<-EOT
+    provider_class.expects(:mysql).with("--defaults-file=#{root_home}/.my.cnf", 'mysql', '-Be', 'select * from mysql.user where user="user" and host="host"').returns <<-EOT
 Host	User	Password	Select_priv	Insert_priv	Update_priv
 host	user		Y	Y	Y
 EOT
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ EOT
   end
 
   it 'should recognize when all privileges are not set' do
-    provider_class.expects(:mysql).with("--defaults-file=#{root_home}/.my.cnf", '-Be', 'select * from mysql.user where user="user" and host="host"').returns <<-EOT
+    provider_class.expects(:mysql).with("--defaults-file=#{root_home}/.my.cnf", 'mysql', '-Be', 'select * from mysql.user where user="user" and host="host"').returns <<-EOT
 Host	User	Password	Select_priv	Insert_priv	Update_priv
 host	user		Y	N	Y
 EOT